Bram C
Lead Software Developer at Car & Classic
Exeter, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBram C is a Lead Software Developer based in Exeter with 10 years' experience building Java-driven web applications and services, currently leading engineering at Car & Classic. He specializes in Java, Spring, Vaadin and PostgreSQL, and has a practical background in both hands-on development and teaching ICT, reflecting strong communication and mentoring skills. Bram maintains open-source contributions to FakerPHP, adding date/time generation features and improving core parsing and caching—showing cross-language fluency beyond his primary Java stack. He also runs Bram IT Solutions, providing consultancy that keeps him close to real-world business needs and deployment constraints. Known for pragmatic engineering and attention to detail, he blends enterprise-grade practices with a maker’s mindset cultivated through education and classroom instruction.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
MBO Niveau 4 - Software Developer Computer Programming, MBO Niveau 4 - Software Developer Computer Programming at Rijn IJsselBachelor of Education - BEd Lerarenopleiding Technisch Beroepsonderwijs, Bachelor of Education - BEd Lerarenopleiding Technisch Beroepsonderwijs at Windesheim
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (4)
php10
datetimes10
datetime10
unit-testing9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
FakerPHP/Faker
Sep 2021 - Mar 2022
Faker is a PHP library that generates fake data for you
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 305 reviews, 21 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Bram contributed to the FakerPHP library by implementing features and fixing bugs related to the generation of fake data. Their work included allowing for new syntax in parsing, correcting typos, adding a container interface, and setting the cache directory for the project. A significant contribution was the addition and testing of the DateTime extension, which included implementations for various date and time generation methods.
testingphpfakerphp-libraryfake-data
blamebutton/PHP-Serial
Jan 2019 - May 2021
Multi-platform convenience class to access the serial port from PHP
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 3 months
serialphpconveniencemulti-platformserial-port
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